#49A3BC#49A3BC

#49A3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3BC
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -19.25, -20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 28.42, 227.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% -0.072 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.093 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9183, 31.2392, 52.2838)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3BC #BC6249

analogous

#49BC9B #49A3BC #4969BC

triadic

#49A3BC #BC49A3 #A3BC49

tetradic

#49A3BC #9B49BC #BC6249 #69BC49

square

#49A3BC #9B49BC #BC6249 #69BC49

split-complementary

#49A3BC #BC4969 #BC9B49

monochromatic

#255765 #367E92 #49A3BC #76BACC #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#49A3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3BC

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3BC	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed0',
    500: '#49a3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3bc;
$custom-light: #87bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67085,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3BC

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#6F52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3BC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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